Aug
03
2010
Fall in male umbrella company users working more than 45 hours a week
Posted by Daniel Frost
Male umbrella company users are less likely to work more than 45 hours a week now than at the beginning of the recession, new figures have shown.
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has claimed that there has been approximately a ten per cent drop in this practice since before the credit crunch, although the number has begun to creep back up.
Dr John Philpott, chief economic adviser at the organisation, has claimed that one of the recession's key characteristics has been the shift to shorter hours working.
He said: "Signs of an increase in long-hours working since the trough in hours in summer 2009 suggest that the fall in working time during the jobs downturn was a forced detox for Britain's workaholics."
Earlier this year, the TUC reported that one in six private sector staff worked unpaid overtime in 2009, with 25.3 per cent of public sector workers.
Male umbrella company users are less likely to work more than 45 hours a week now than at the beginning of the recession, new figures have shown.
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has claimed that there has been approximately a ten per cent drop in this practice since before the credit crunch, although the number has begun to creep back up.
Dr John Philpott, chief economic adviser at the organisation, has claimed that one of the recession's key characteristics has been the shift to shorter hours working.
He said: "Signs of an increase in long-hours working since the trough in hours in summer 2009 suggest that the fall in working time during the jobs downturn was a forced detox for Britain's workaholics."
Earlier this year, the TUC reported that one in six private sector staff worked unpaid overtime in 2009, with 25.3 per cent of public sector workers.